USB Port [rant]

<img src=/S/ranton.gif border=0 alt=ranton width=66 height=37> On the wife's NEW HP Vista desktop (Sony has stopped making desktops) the key board and mouse that comes with it stink. With all of the "Extras" the sleep button is right when most of us "Rests" the left "Pinkie" and with keep putting the machine to sleep. Then the act of hitting the the key again SHOULD wake it up, but does NOT. So we took her old Sony Keyboard which has a USP plug and attached a Purple converter adapter so we could use the standard keyboard socket. But the keyboard or Mouse will NOT work with a adapter.
So, now that there are 2 ports on the front and 4 on the back, all four are used up before one even before one get all of their hardware connected.

She has tried Mouse, Keyboard, Printer, Scanner, and needs to add her PDA, Camera (when needed) and no place for her external drive.

So, we found a old mouse, that uses the standard Green socket, and the External drive is plugged in the back.

In todays world I can that a standard desktop needs to come with at LEAST 12 USB connections, so one does NOT have to use the external hubs, which will NOT always work with ALL devices. Good thing that we are NOT into iPods and the like. <img src=/S/rantoff.gif border=0 alt=rantoff width=66 height=37>

Re: USB Port [rant]

Well, I don't know about your statement that USB hubs don't always work with all devices, but I CAN agree that you should NEVER use a non-powered USB hub! My Dell has more in-machine ports than her machine, but I still needed a hub. I bought a D-Link 7-port and have never had a problem.

Re: USB Port [rant]

I don't know if you or your wife ever use the Sleep ability of the Operating System. If you don't, couldn't you disable that function to at least make the keyboard better?

I'm also trying to figure out where you rest your left pinkie! I keep mine over the 'a' on the home row, or scratching my chin with the other fingers on my left hand <img src=/S/grin.gif border=0 alt=grin width=15 height=15>.